{"id":73253,"date":"2022-09-28T18:06:43","date_gmt":"2022-09-28T17:06:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/sowore-reacts-as-court-bars-peter-obi-supporters-from-gathering-at-lekki-toll-gate"},"modified":"2022-09-28T20:30:39","modified_gmt":"2022-09-28T19:30:39","slug":"sowore-reacts-as-court-bars-peter-obi-supporters-from-gathering-at-lekki-toll-gate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/sowore-reacts-as-court-bars-peter-obi-supporters-from-gathering-at-lekki-toll-gate","title":{"rendered":"Sowore reacts as court bars Peter Obi supporters from gathering at Lekki Toll-Gate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore has condemned the court order stopping the Labour Party and supporters of its presidential candidate, Peter Obi from holding a rally at Lekki Toll-Gate, Lagos.<\/p>\n<p>DAILY POST had reported that a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos State stopped the Obi supporters popularly known as Obidients from converging at the Toll Gate.<\/p>\n<p>The Obidients had scheduled ObiDatti23 Forward Ever Rally to be held on October 1, 2022 in Lagos. They planned to converge at the facility before proceeding to other places.<\/p>\n<p>But Justice Daniel Osiagor who gave the order said the LP supporters can pass through the facility for its rally but must not converge there.<\/p>\n<p>Reacting, Sowore in a post on his official social media handles, said it was dangerous that a judge could give such an order stopping the peaceful gathering.<\/p>\n<p>He wrote, \u201cIt is completely wrong for anyone to have gone to court to stifle a legitimate political gathering by @PeterObi supporters at #Lekkitollgate and equally dangerous that a judge gave an order stopping the gathering.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is a matter of time before a crazy injunction is granted that opposition groups can\u2019t campaign in @OfficialAPCNg stronghold. I totally condemn these acts\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore has condemned the court order stopping the Labour Party and supporters of its presidential candidate, Peter Obi from holding a rally at Lekki Toll-Gate, Lagos. 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